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stand your ground
refuse to give in under pressure
To refuse to change your position when someone pressures, challenges, or treats you unfairly.
Hear it in real life
Did you accept their first offer?
No, I stood my ground and asked for a fair price.
She stood her ground and refused to sign the unfair contract.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I stood on my ground.
Say: I stood my ground.
The expression uses "stand your ground," not "stand on your ground."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
stand your ground; stood my ground
Your turn: say it out loud
She stood her ground and refused to sign the unfair contract.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
stand your ground
refuse to give in under pressure
“She stood her ground and refused to sign the unfair contract.”
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